Estudios de Teoría Literaria (Nov 2019)
Cultural mediation in book traders between Paris and Buenos Aires. The case of Casa Editorial Hispano-Americana (1911-1932)
Abstract
This paper focuses on the publishing strategies of Casa Editorial Hispano-Americana (then Franco-Ibero-Americana) regarding books in Spanish produced in Paris addressed to Argentinian market and Rio de La Plata area during early XXth century. It firstly compares these strategies with other publishers such as Garnier Hermanos, Sociedad de Ediciones Literarias y Artísticas Paul Ollendorff, and Louis-Michaud. Then, its’ purpose is to analyze them considering the competitiveness between Spanish and French Publishers (of books in Spanish), and the Spanish publishers’ process of getting back the South-American books market.
